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RAF Akrotiri

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Cyprus Operations Support Unit.
Permanent Joint Operating Base.
Griffin HAR1 Fleet.
903 Expeditionary Air Wing.

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RAF Ascension Island

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Staging Post for flights to the Falkland Islands and deters aggression against UK South Atlantic Overseas Territories.
US Space Force Ground Tracking Station.

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RAF Benson

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RAF Puma Support Helicopter Force.
Joint Helicopter Command.
Chinook Operational Conversion Unit.

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RAF Boulmer

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UK Air Surveillance and Control Systems (UKASCS) Force Command.
NATO Control and Reporting Centre (CRC).

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RAF Brize Norton

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Largest RAF Station.
RAF Strategic and Tactical Air Transport (AT) and Air-to-Air Refuelling (AAR) forces.
Parent to Keevil Airfield.

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RAF College Cranwell

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Central Flying School. 
No. 3 and No. 6 Flying Training School.
Officer and Aircrew Selection Centre.
HQ Air Cadets.
Officer and Aircrew Cadet Training Unit.
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RAF Coningsby

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RAF Typhoon Force.

Quick Reaction Alert (QRA).

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RAF Cosford

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Defence College of Technical Training.

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RAF Digby

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Oldest RAF Station.

HQ Joint Cyber and Electromagentic Activites Group.

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RAF Fylingdales

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Allied Space Surveillance Network.

Missile Defence System.

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RAF Gibraltar

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Staging post for operations in the Mediterranean and the Iberian Peninsula.

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RAF Halton

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Basic Recruit Training Course.

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RAF Henlow

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Support Station.

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RAF High Wycombe

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HQ Air Command.
No. 1, 2, 11, 22 Groups.
National Air and Space Operations Centre.

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RAF Honington

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RAF Force Protection Headquarters and Force Protection Centre.

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RAF Leeming

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Hawk T.1.

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RAF Lossiemouth

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Typhoon FGR4 Main Operating Base.
Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) North.
P-8 Poseidon.

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RAF Marham

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F-35 Lighting III Force.

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RAF Mount Pleasant

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Typhoon FGR4
C-130J Hercules C1
A330 MRTT Voyager
Chinook
Headquarters British Forces South Atlantic Islands.
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RAF Northolt

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No. 32 (The Royal) Squadron.

No. 62 (Queen’s Colour) Squadron.

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RAF Odiham

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RAF Chinook Force.

Joint Helicopter Command.

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RAF Scampton

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No. 1 Air Control Centre.
RAF Mobile Meteorological Unit.
RAF Aerobatics Team (The Red Arrows).

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RAF Shawbury

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No. 1 Flying Training School.

Defence College of Air and Space Operations.

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RAF Spadeadam

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Electronic Warfare Tactics Facility.

Largest by land area.

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RAF St Mawgan

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Defence Survival Training Organisation.

Newquay Airport

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RAF Syerston

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No. 2 Flying Training School (Gliding).
Central Gliding School.
Central Flying School.
Parents RAF Topcliffe, Little Rissington, Kenley, Kirknewton.

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RAF Valley

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No. 4 Flying Training School.
Martime and Mountain Flying Training. 
Hawk T2 and T6 Texan.
RAF Mountainm Rescue Service. 
Parent to RAF Mona.
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RAF Waddington

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ISTAR Force.

RAF Air Warefare Centre.

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RAF Wittering

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RAF A4 Force HQ (Engineering and Logistics).

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RAF Woodvale

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AEF.

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RAF Wyton

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Joint Forces Command Station.
Joint Forces Intelligence Group.
Nation Centre for Geospatial Intelligence.

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RAF(U) Swanwick

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Distress and Diversion Cell.
Military Airspace Coordination and Booking Cell.
Radar Analysis Cell.
RAF Northolt Approach Control Unit.

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Remote Radar Heads (RRH)

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RRH Benbecula
RRH Brizlee Wood 
RRH Buchan
RRH Neatishead
RRH Portreath
RRH Saxa Vord
RRH Staxton Wold
RRH Trimingham
RRH Mount Alice, Falkland Islands
RRH Mount Kent , Falkland Islands
RRH Byron Heights, Falkland Islands
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JHC FS Aldergrove

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38 Engineer Regiment.

5 Regiment Army Air Corps.

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Other Airfields

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Keevil Airfield (RAF Brize Norton).
Kenley Airfield (VGS). 
Kirknewton Airfield (VGS). 
Little Rissington Airfield (VGS).
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RAF Linton-on-Ouse

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Former fast jet station.

Air experience flight.

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RAF Weston-on-the-Green

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No. 1 Parachute Training School.

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Semi-Permanent Overseas Bases

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Al Minhad Air Base, UAE (No. 906 AEW, Air Transport and Refuelling Hub).
Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar (No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group).
Creech Air Force Base, USA (MQ-9A Reaper).
Edwards Air Force Base, USA (F-35 Lightning III Test and Evaluation Unit).
RAF Troodos, Cyprus.

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MOD Air Weapons Ranges

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Cape Wrath (Tain Air Weapons Range).
Donna Nook Air Weapons Range (RAF Conningsby).
Holbeach Air Weapons Range (RAF Marham).
Pembrey Sands Air Weapons Range.
Tain Air Weapons Range
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United States Visiting Forces

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RAF Alconbury.
RAF Barford St John (RAF Croughton).
RAF Croughton (Signals Intelligence Facility).
RAF Fairford (501st Combat Support Wing, Heavy Bombers).
RAF Feltwell (Space Intelligence Facility).
RAF Lakenheath (48th Figher Wing).
RAF Menwith Hill (NSA).
RAF Mildenhall (100th Air Refuelling Wing).
RAF Molesworth ( Joint Intelligence Operations Center Europe (JIOCEUR) Analytic Center)
RAF Welford (RAF Fairford Ammunitions Depot).

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Royal Naval Air Stations.

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RNAS Culdrose.

RNAS Yeovilton.

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Army Aviation Centres.

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Middle Wallop.

Wattisham.

Royal Air Force (2 decks)

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